Argentines March for Memory and Justice

Tens of thousands of Argentines march under the slogan "today more than ever" in memory of the victims of the military coup that 48 years ago left thousands missing and executed, while Javier Milei's government released a video objecting to the historical treatment of the dictatorship.

It is the first demonstration on Memorial Day since the inauguration of the far-right president, whose speech is considered by representatives of human rights organizations as "denier" of the events that occurred during the military regime in Argentina.

In the center of Buenos Aires, the epicenter of the call led by the Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo - who for decades have dedicated themselves to recovering the identities of the children and grandchildren of the disappeared - posters such as "memory, yes, no fear" and "everything is stored in memory".

At the march in Plaza de Mayo, the crowd carried signs such as "30,000 reasons to defend the homeland" and "30,000 truly."

In an unprecedented event, this year the country's main union centers joined the call, in a context of severe economic crisis, with 276% year-on-year inflation and more than half of the 46 million Argentines below the poverty line.

The mobilization takes place days after HIJOS, an organization formed by children of kidnapped and disappeared people, denounced the brutal attack of one of its members by two individuals who identified themselves with Javier Milei's slogan: "Long live freedom, damn it."

The presidential spokesman, Manuel Adorni, said that the government hoped "that Justice advances and that those responsible effectively pay for their actions."

48 years after the coup, 1,173 people were convicted of crimes against humanity in 316 sentences handed down throughout the country.